Pinterest's official OAuth2 flow seemingly returns an invalid access token

Question

I followed the Pinterest\'s instructions to authenticate a user and after completing step 2 I am holding an access token in my hands. However, when I use this access token t

Answer 1

Zack Argyle from Pinterest just tweeted that they deployed a fix which solves the problem I described: https://twitter.com/zackargyle/status/648602180002312192

Summing it up:

• Follow the instructions on https://developers.pinterest.com/docs/api/authentication/
• Pass the client_secret not in the first but in the second request
• Use response_type=code in the first request